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Quick correction regarding Powell's Signing
November 17, 2025
Apologies for tossing another email into your inbox in such short order. As I have already mentioned, I am doing a signing on Friday Nov 21, 2025, with Ann...
Triple Threat: book signing, short story, book announcement..
November 16, 2025
Here we go. There is a lot going on, and I am roping these three things into one newsletter so as not to spam you with multiple newsletters. I confess I am...
THE NAMELESS LAND on publication day (today)
November 4, 2025
A short but sweet email to say that the Witch Roads duology (The Witch Roads and The Nameless Land) is complete today (in the USA/Canada region) with the...
Beautiful Photos! An Upcoming Signing! Pre-orders! Signed copies by mail!
September 27, 2025
/September 2025 edition As always, this newsletter is free, and it focuses on my books and events. This September I spent two weeks in Denmark, hanging out...
Unofficial Secret Announcement, a signing, an audiobook, & LINKS
August 30, 2025
Let’s start with THE WITCH ROADS, available in print and ebook worldwide (although you may have to order it in some places). NOW the audiobook, narrated by...
THE WITCH ROADS is here
June 10, 2025
THE WITCH ROADS is out today, book one of a fantasy duology. Book two of the duology, THE NAMELESS LAND, follows in November 2025 (this year! not long of a...
Coming soon with a miscellany of news, sales, giveaway, and a cover reveal!
May 19, 2025
Be warned: there may be more newsletter activity over the next two months because of my imminent book release. Or there may not be. It depends on how much...
The Witch Roads ARC Giveaway
April 14, 2025
As I have mentioned before and will mention again, my new fantasy duology, set in a new universe, will be published this year by Tor Books. THE WITCH ROADS...
February 2025: News about The Black Wolves Trilogy
February 28, 2025
My epic fantasy novel Black Wolves was published in 2015, the first of the Black Wolves Trilogy, published by Orbit Books. In summer 2016, Orbit canceled...
Onward into 2025
January 4, 2025
Why do I write the stories I do? There are no easy, glib, or simple answers to this question. I don’t write autobiographical fiction because, while I like...
Novembers, Sales, Futures
November 30, 2024
To those who celebrate, I hope you had the Thanksgiving you hoped for. For myself, I believe that good food in good company is one of the great pleasures,...
The History of the World Begins in Ice: NOW AVAILABLE
November 2, 2024
The History of the World Begins in Ice: Stories and Essays From the World of Cold Magic is now available in a trade paperback edition and an ebook edition...
Announcing THE WITCH ROADS
September 25, 2024
I have been sitting on this for quite a while, so I am thrilled that I finally have official publication dates, a cover, and cover copy for The Witch Roads,...
Apologies: Bad Link to Order Page
August 27, 2024
I have tried three times now with the link for the collection and I keep getting an error. If you want to preorder the Deluxe hardcover limited edition of...
FINAL CALL: Deluxe Hardcover Edition almost sold out
August 27, 2024
If you have been considering buying the deluxe hardcover limited edition of the forthcoming (October/November 2024) collection of Cold Magic universe short...
Glasgow Worldcon 2024: Schedule
August 2, 2024
I will be at Glasgow Worldcon and am happy to say hello and sign books any time! Scheduled appearances: Thursday, August 8: Epic Appeal (panel), 4:00 PM...
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD BEGINS IN ICE (preorders are live)
July 23, 2024
Preorders for THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD BEGINS IN ICE: Stories and Essays from the World of Cold Magic are now available. Publication date: October 2024....
Heads up! Check out Romancing the Vote Auction Items
July 1, 2024
This newsletter has been quiet the last two months in large part because I have news I can’t yet announce, and which I still can’t announce. But it’s coming....
The only thing I truly have control over (April 2024)
April 18, 2024
This April newsletter has four parts: Narrative Worlds, News, Comments, and Finn. Be happy it isn’t taxes, taxes, taxes, and Finn, although at least then you...
Until the Heat Death of the Universe
March 1, 2024
Any moment now I will have newsletter-worthy news because I am waiting on multiple lines of news, none of which I can discuss until they are confirmed or...
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